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|  | Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte by Robert Asprey
This is the first volume of Asprey`s two-volume life of Napoleon. He charts Napoleon`s ascent, from his life as a student in military school, to his role as brilliant military leader whose impressive victories in Italy and Egypt led to his being named First Consul after the coup in 1799. Napoleon consolidated his power and named himself Emperor in 1804. Asprey analyzes how Napoleon used a combination of military skill, political acumen, and arranged marriage to achieve his goal. AUTHOR: Robert Asprey
PUBLISHER: Basic Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Muhammad & the Origins of Islam by F. E. Peters
'Peters writes very well. The scholarship is excellent, and the book fills a gap in the available material. There are several lives of the Prophet, but none that does what this one does. Most are written to prove a particular thesis about the nature of the Prophet's career. This one simply puts down what can be known with any certainty about the career of Muhammad from the point of view of the contemporary secular historian.'- William C. Chittick AUTHOR: F. E. Peters
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Latitude Zero by Anthony Shugaar, Antony Shugaar, Gianni Guadalupi
Italian historian Guadalupi weaves together the histories, real and imagined, that have been fostered by the equator--the 24,000 mile imaginary line that has lured adventurers as diverse as Columbus, Magellan, and Dante Alghieri. AUTHOR: Anthony Shugaar, Antony Shugaar, Gianni Guadalupi
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Just for Fun by David Diamond, Linus Torvalds
Description not available.A fascinating look inside the success of Linux creator Linus Torvalds reveals an accidental innovator who helped create the revolutionary open source software movement and traces his life from his offbeat Finnish childhood, through his discovery of the joy of computers, to his rise to world fame with Linux. Reprint. AUTHOR: David Diamond, Linus Torvalds
PUBLISHER: HarperInformation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Great Big Beautiful Doll by D'Eva Redding, Eric Redding
Description not available.Traces the life of the former model and Playboy playmate of the year, describing her marriage to a wealthy man sixty years her senior, and her problems with drugs AUTHOR: D'Eva Redding, Eric Redding
PUBLISHER: Barricade Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Bruce Lee by Linda Tagliaferro
Description not available.A biography of the well-known actor and martial arts master, Bruce Lee, from his childhood in Hong Kong to his untimely death at the age of thirty-two AUTHOR: Linda Tagliaferro
PUBLISHER: Lerner Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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